Students Bid Farewell To Comet With Poems, Drawings

May 2, 1986|By Ines Davis of The Sentinel Staff

KISSIMMEE — The last good view of the historic appearance of Halley's comet was last week and the gifted students in Diana Moore's class at Central Elementary paid tribute to the famous visitor with poems, descriptions and cartoons.

The third-, fourth- and fifth-graders let their imaginations and sense of humor (or realism) take over in this assignment. For example, Lindsay Barker, third grade, wrote ''Roses are red, violets are blue, I'll be dead, And so will you next time Halley's comet comes through.''

Third-grader Debbie Pacuch, however, figured she would be 83 years old when Halley's makes another appearance in the year 2062.

Third-grader Molly Foust predicted that the lifestyle when the comet comes around again would be quite interesting. People would have electric-powered cars that parked themselves, driveways would be paved with gold, and elevators would be water-powered. The ride in the glass elevator to see the stars would include a good view of fish (because the elevator is water-powered). And, upon seeing the comet, you would say to yourself ''good old Halley's comet.''

Foust concluded her prediction by saying that ''some things never change.'' Then there were theories of how the comet came to be, some of which the scientific community surely hasn't thought of.

Fifth-grader Kim Rosenke speculated: ''Once two dinosaurs had a fight. Halley and Rocker. Hally got mad and threw a huge rock at him. He missed but threw it so hard it returned every 76 years. This is Halley's Comet.''